PERSECUTION RELIEF NEWS

Govt. to take spiritual route to spur tourism Yuthhika Bhargava, NEW DELHI, MARCH 18, 2018 21:18 IST Focus is also on yoga, ayurveda, says Alphons In a bid to spur domestic travel, the government plans to promote religious tourism in the country, said Minister of State for Tourism K.J. Alphons. Plans are also afoot to popularize yoga and Ayurveda […]

Pastor Samson C Doss is pastoring an Assemblies of God Church in Alwarthirunagiri, in Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu state of India. Pastor Samson started the out station work 3 years ago, at a village called Arasarkulam in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Pastor John George is another local Pastor there. Pastor […]

Christians Allege Social Boycott In Jammu Village After Church Vandalized A police post set up to protect Christian families in Jammu’s Sayal village has done little to boost the sense of security among those facing social boycott https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/news/church-vandalised-christians-allege-social-boycott-in-jammu-village-480976 JAMMU: Caught in the web of religious hatred, social boycott and alleged forced conversion, four Christian families have […]

6A2A434C-B3C3-4090-A219-7C5BF19621B6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus […]

Persecution Relief has been receiving an alarming number of messages, requesting confirmation on the authenticity of the following ‘fake news” that has been doing its rounds on Social Media : “Dear fellow Christians, This is to inform you about the latest changes being done by CNI. The Moderator of CNI in a new union with […]

Hit by demolition, church says being discriminated against Written by Somya Lakhani, Indian Express | New Delhi | Published: March 17, 2018 5:45 am According to Pastor-in-charge N C George, the demolition began at 2 pm, and the raised cemented area at the Church’s entrance, which was built five years ago, was razed to the ground by two […]

‘Alarming rise in hate crimes’ Staff Reporter, BENGALURU, MARCH 16, 2018 00:29 IST Amnesty International India, which launched an interactive data website that documents hate crimes, has said there is an “alarming increase” in the number of crimes against people from the marginalised groups, especially Dalits and Muslims. The website documents hate crimes from September 2015. The interactive […]

Govt can’t insist on certificate for religious conversion: HC TNN | Updated: Mar 15, 2018, 00:21 IST Kochi: The government cannot insist on certification from government-approved institutions when a citizen declares that he/she has changed his/her religion,the Kerala high court has held. Justice A Muhamed Mustaque gave the ruling on a petition filed by Aysha […]

Sharon fellowship Church had been worshipping in Avaneeswaram, a small village located on Kunnicode-Pathanapuram road in Kollam district, Kerala. The Church had been congregating at a rented place for the past 20 years. Pastor I. Yohanan had besn pastoring this Church for the past 2 years. Separately, an independent Church under Pastor Purushothaman was also […]